China's Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden at their recent summit of China's intention to unify with Taiwan.
  • go_go_gadget@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Especially when you consider that Biden and the powerful forces who actually get to decide how “the USA” responds to this are not for humanitarian reasons. “The USA” just wants nuclear launch sites as close as possible to China.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Most of China’a infrastructure is on the coast. We can achieve that with a couple SSBNs lurking thousands of kilometers off the coast.

      Bonus points if one surfaces where it can be photographed, but in international water, every so often. Just as a reminder.